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wait a second, romney rooip, romney, ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. >> oh sweet jesus. >> eliot: i don't think he is real. i think he is a computer. rich, chewy caramel rolled up in smooth milk chocolate. don't forget about that payroll meeting. rolo.get your smooth on. also in minis. >> eliot: in a climate where your i don't knows and worker rights have been under attack the teacher's strike resulted in significant gains for teachers and the educational reforms they support. in president of the american federation of teachers, the chicago teachers' national union, wrote and i quote . . . weingarten, the president of the american federation of teachers, the chicago teachers' national union. randi, thank for joining us. >> it's always great to be with you, eliot. >> eliot: thank you. you did reform late the education conversation with the strike. explain what you wanted to do and what you think you accomplished? >> no one wants a strike, and a strike is to be avoided virtually at all costs. no one goes into a strike willingly. but what ha
wait a second, romney rooip, romney, ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. >> oh sweet jesus. >> eliot: i don't think he is real. i think he is a computer. rich, chewy caramel rolled up in smooth milk chocolate. don't forget about that payroll meeting. rolo.get your smooth on. also in minis. >> eliot: in a climate where your i don't knows and worker rights have been under attack the teacher's strike resulted in significant gains for teachers and the educational reforms...
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romney is right to hammer the president about it because it creates the general impression is he as strong a leader that you need. but i don't think voters are going to vote on that. >> eliot: interestingly, romney, after he failed in that moment. that may be the emotional pivot point of the debate last night when candy crowley came in, after saying to the president you got it wrong. when it's blamed on this youtube video he would have been correct. >> it's unfortunate it seemed for a long time that the president and the white house were we had wedded to the videotape did it, and not to blame terrorism, but by saying the president didn't say act of terror he chose the exact wrong detail and lost a point he should have won handily. >> eliot: you're right when you have one point that is wrong the entire argument falls apart. >> and to make matters worse i felt bad watching it, he was so proud of himself as he edged up to it. oh, wow, now i got him. on a technicality he lost it all. it was a rivetting piece-- >> eliot: now the republicans immediately went crazy. candy crowly should not be int
romney is right to hammer the president about it because it creates the general impression is he as strong a leader that you need. but i don't think voters are going to vote on that. >> eliot: interestingly, romney, after he failed in that moment. that may be the emotional pivot point of the debate last night when candy crowley came in, after saying to the president you got it wrong. when it's blamed on this youtube video he would have been correct. >> it's unfortunate it seemed for...
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obviously she's going to back mitt romney, right? wrong! look at erin burnett. >> mitt romney is running on his business expertise. his tax returns are a relevant window into how he conducts his business affairs. if he refuses to release them, it is because one he had a lot more money in tax shelters in prior years than he does now. two, he did something shady or three, he's stupid. >> cenk: damn! how could you do this to romney? robot on robot crime. so now that this has happened, he's reeling. his whole campaign is reeling. they send out john sununu to go on the attack. but boy does he step over the line. watch. >> this guy doesn't understand how to create jobs. so there's no surprise. it should be because of that statement, no surprise on why he failed so miserably over the last four years in terms of job creation. he has no idea how the american system functions and we shouldn't be surprised about that. because he spent his early years in hawaii smoking something spent the next set of years in indonesia and another set of years in indon
obviously she's going to back mitt romney, right? wrong! look at erin burnett. >> mitt romney is running on his business expertise. his tax returns are a relevant window into how he conducts his business affairs. if he refuses to release them, it is because one he had a lot more money in tax shelters in prior years than he does now. two, he did something shady or three, he's stupid. >> cenk: damn! how could you do this to romney? robot on robot crime. so now that this has happened,...
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. >> cenk: all right look, now romney obama they're trying everything they can to say no, no, no i'm the bigger friend of israel. if it's just that, god bless. but you know what, they're going further and further right wing. more hawkish to get this done. first mitt romney is in israel now. so here's what he says at the beginning of his speech. >> romney: it's a deeply moving experience to be in jerusalem the capitol of israel. [applause] >> cenk: obviously well received by that crowd. of course he's doing a fundraiser in israel. that's what mitt romney does all over the world. why is that line controversial? for several reasons. first of all the palestinians don't agree that it is the capitol of israel. jerusalem taken over in the 1967 war, and that is a controversial comment, and it might inflame those in the area, and it may not be the way to go. he doesn't care. he's trying to appeal to the right-wing israelis. the other thing is apparently he's not perfectly aware of the political situation in israel. the guy who catches him is wolf blitzer. check this out. >> romney: i think it
. >> cenk: all right look, now romney obama they're trying everything they can to say no, no, no i'm the bigger friend of israel. if it's just that, god bless. but you know what, they're going further and further right wing. more hawkish to get this done. first mitt romney is in israel now. so here's what he says at the beginning of his speech. >> romney: it's a deeply moving experience to be in jerusalem the capitol of israel. [applause] >> cenk: obviously well received by...
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people even today who complain about barack obama, if there was president romney right now, the complaints would be of a totally different nature. so that always fascinates me. my father always used to say he didn't understand why america and the allies didn't just bomb the railroad tracks going to the concentration camps. that addressed in your book? >> it is very much addressed in our book. and you read that quote about fdr. jews revered fdr at the time. they voted for him in overwhelming numbers even after the horrors of the concentration camp were revealed they still loved fdr. they understood his limitations, but they understand how much better he was for the jews. this issue of bombing the rail lines was not an issue at the time. it became an issue decades later with critical books like the abandonment of the jews. the problem was the rail lines could be repaired almost instantly in a matter sometimes of hours certainly of days. the problem with bombing the death camps were you would have killed jews, and a lot of jewish leaders didn't want jewish blood on american hands. moreover, e
people even today who complain about barack obama, if there was president romney right now, the complaints would be of a totally different nature. so that always fascinates me. my father always used to say he didn't understand why america and the allies didn't just bomb the railroad tracks going to the concentration camps. that addressed in your book? >> it is very much addressed in our book. and you read that quote about fdr. jews revered fdr at the time. they voted for him in...
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>> romney: you're right, a campaign can required a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning suit for lunch, but then it's nice ann and i wear around the house. >> matthew fox stars. [ ♪ music ♪ ] in mitt romney and the dockers of destiny. >> okay, taggert. let's have a little talk just you and me, you. you want to take a swing at someone for calling your old man a liar? take a swing at me, come on. don't worry, there won't be any secret service involved. >> romney: i've already seen early reports from opportunity's dinner. headline, obama embraced by catholics. romney dines with rich people. >> eliot: great performance by both of the candidates. are we >>and now to my point. that is a whole bunch of bunk! the powerful my steal an election but they cannot steal democracy. >> eliot: there is a massive political battle that no one wants to talk about seniors versus kids. and our kids losing. in the game of budgeting dollar you give to one group is a dollar you don't give to somebody else. what does it battle mean for the next generation? and when y
>> romney: you're right, a campaign can required a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning suit for lunch, but then it's nice ann and i wear around the house. >> matthew fox stars. [ ♪ music ♪ ] in mitt romney and the dockers of destiny. >> okay, taggert. let's have a little talk just you and me, you. you want to take a swing at someone for calling your old man a liar? take a swing at me, come on. don't worry, there won't be any secret service involved. >>...
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check out mitt romney on gay rights. >> when you say i'm in favor of gay rights, you're not. you're in favor-- >> well, what happened--the gay community changed their perspective as to what they wanted. >>it would be terrible if america lost faith in wall street insiders wouldn't it. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow! [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's ok. i've played a pilot before. >> cenk: we're back on "the young turks." now president obama has done many things on the issue of gay right. he has repealed don't can don't ask don't tell. hehe asked not to defend the anti-marriage act and he famously said this. >> for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same
check out mitt romney on gay rights. >> when you say i'm in favor of gay rights, you're not. you're in favor-- >> well, what happened--the gay community changed their perspective as to what they wanted. >>it would be terrible if america lost faith in wall street insiders wouldn't it. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen...
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romney is right to hammer the president about it because it creates the general impression is he as strong a leader that you need. but i don't think voters are going to vote on that. >> eliot: interestingly, romney, after he failed in that moment. that may be the emotional pivot >> i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room, the president wipes the floor with mitt romney, the tigers wipe the floor with the yankees all is not right with the world but it's a hell of a start. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> this year, there are 54 million women eligible to vote. 2.5 million more women than men. enough to decide the whole election. as november 6 draws near one women are doing a lot of thinking about about a lot of
romney is right to hammer the president about it because it creates the general impression is he as strong a leader that you need. but i don't think voters are going to vote on that. >> eliot: interestingly, romney, after he failed in that moment. that may be the emotional pivot >> i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room, the president wipes the floor with mitt romney, the tigers wipe the floor with the yankees all is not right with the world but it's a hell of a start. [ ♪...
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should we stilling talking about this or is romney right guys, let's talk about serious stuff. >> the taxes are fundamentally rigged. and if you're rich like mitt romney you can go offshore and have accountants help you avoid tax. but at the end of the day if you're going to deal with shared shared what happens to tax loopholes that romney has been enjoying. is he going to close those or not. at the moment the tax system is rig good imogen, you're so right, share something for everybody else. when it comes to charity when it comes to burdens everybody else they need to deal with that. craig, give me your view. the tax thing it seems to me has resonated because it fits so perfectly with the image that mitt romney has created for himself as the wealthy guy who does play every angle. doesn't have real sympathy for anybody beneath this sort of income level. >> the risk he's taking in not releasing them earlier is that these will come out. i don't know if he fully understood that the investigative media intrepid bloggers, financial experts would pour over everything. and now new documents
should we stilling talking about this or is romney right guys, let's talk about serious stuff. >> the taxes are fundamentally rigged. and if you're rich like mitt romney you can go offshore and have accountants help you avoid tax. but at the end of the day if you're going to deal with shared shared what happens to tax loopholes that romney has been enjoying. is he going to close those or not. at the moment the tax system is rig good imogen, you're so right, share something for everybody...
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it really is stunning to try to fact check romney, right? >> the one that got me was the revenue reducing tax cut, and talk about this resulting growing of the base and, you know, it's -- it's so interesting that -- that the revenue-neutral concept is pretty much just nomenclature they are suggesting that as the tax base grows, in the future we'll recover revenues and therefore the tax cut will be paid for. well that sounds an awful lot like the bush recession, where they fought two wars that weren't on line, they gave tax cuts to the primarily upper levels, and didn't have a funding mechanism and then wonder idea we as a economy crashed. it was the same order of thinking. give the tax cut but don't worry about paying for it. that sounds like recent history repeated. >> stephanie: right. >> i just think we're going into the danger zone. >> stephanie: obviously facts and numbers supporting the president, including the unemployment rate falling to 7.8%. that's huge news, isn't it? >> i think it's great news. knowing that 7.8% is the lowest it
it really is stunning to try to fact check romney, right? >> the one that got me was the revenue reducing tax cut, and talk about this resulting growing of the base and, you know, it's -- it's so interesting that -- that the revenue-neutral concept is pretty much just nomenclature they are suggesting that as the tax base grows, in the future we'll recover revenues and therefore the tax cut will be paid for. well that sounds an awful lot like the bush recession, where they fought two wars...
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mitt romney is significantly more right wing than george w. bush, who was already insanely right wing. but the president pointed out some of those facets in the answer. we turn to bengahzi. this is where the president was supposed to be in trouble. mitt romney accused i am half making. political. >> obama: the suggestion that anybody on my team, secretary of state our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own governor, is offensive. that's not what we do. that's not what i do as president. that's not what i do as command center chief. >> cenk: now i'm going to say controversial here, but i don't believe him. i think they did make it political. i think they make things political all the time. nonetheless, he said it very forcefully and seemed to have won over the crowd. do you want to keep going governor? >> obama: proceed, governor. >> cenk: oh, he made the makes of proceeding. watch what happened next. >> romney: i think it's interesting that the president said something interesting. on
mitt romney is significantly more right wing than george w. bush, who was already insanely right wing. but the president pointed out some of those facets in the answer. we turn to bengahzi. this is where the president was supposed to be in trouble. mitt romney accused i am half making. political. >> obama: the suggestion that anybody on my team, secretary of state our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own governor, is offensive....
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only mitt mitt romney can hurt paul ryan right now. >> cenk: i disagree. when ryan has said these crazy things that he wants to propose etc. rubs off on mitt romney. apparently you like that guy. you picked him as your number two guy. >> that's true. also, i've said it awhile now on the turks. he needs someone who can vouch to the conservatives that mitt romney is okay. he's got that in paul ryan. he has a savvy attractive agreeingsive guy saying that this is good for you. >> cenk: you got to understand something. it depends on how obama attacks okay? now if they soft pedal it or get overconfident, ryan could energize the conservative base and be a positive for mitt romney. but if they do to him what they did to romney? then the romney-ryan ticket is in a lot of trouble. watch for the obama team to decimate ryan, and then it could have a positive affect for the obama squad. now when we come back, we we've been covering "newsroom" a lot on this show. this is a reason for it. what they do in newsrooms across the country matter. then i got mad. here is what t
only mitt mitt romney can hurt paul ryan right now. >> cenk: i disagree. when ryan has said these crazy things that he wants to propose etc. rubs off on mitt romney. apparently you like that guy. you picked him as your number two guy. >> that's true. also, i've said it awhile now on the turks. he needs someone who can vouch to the conservatives that mitt romney is okay. he's got that in paul ryan. he has a savvy attractive agreeingsive guy saying that this is good for you. >>...
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if romney or mccain had been in charge, right now romney leads 46-45. that's a horrible sign. then in wisconsin the president now all of a sudden trailing by three points. 47 to 44. how is that idea not showing up to help the walker recall working out for the obama team. well, if you lose this, we won't be stuck with it and it won't be a problem for us. that did not turn out to be the case. not only is it the case for the poll numbers but the republicans came out and made an ad about him any way. >> to go to his home state of illinois did not bother to show up in wit wisconsin. >> scott walker will be able to keep his job in wisconsin. >> this is a psychological boost for the republican party. >> republicans organize at the grassroots level. >> cenk: well, what did we tell you? they were going to blame you either way. you might as well gone in and fought and you would have had your own poll numbers. we'll bring in epic political michael shure. i think he's in a tough spot because it's hard to change your policies that are fairly right wing at this late
if romney or mccain had been in charge, right now romney leads 46-45. that's a horrible sign. then in wisconsin the president now all of a sudden trailing by three points. 47 to 44. how is that idea not showing up to help the walker recall working out for the obama team. well, if you lose this, we won't be stuck with it and it won't be a problem for us. that did not turn out to be the case. not only is it the case for the poll numbers but the republicans came out and made an ad about him any...
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does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 veterans? because if you are retired you are no longer covered. that means the early voting law which mitt romney wants to undo provided hundreds of thousands of more veterans to vote. so that would really be the story -- >> that shows that shannon breem is a liar. yeah. that story inflamed by the romney camp patently false. the president's campaign trying to keep expanded voting rights in place for everyone military included. >> so almost exactly the opposite -- >> opposite of what she said. >> stephanie: restricting the voting rights of over 9,000 military veterans. it clearly results in the disenfranchisement of voters. this is so blatant to try to -- >> isn't there some way of holding fox accountable for lying about that. >> stephanie: that's so cute. that is the most hopeful thing he has ever said. [♪ romantic music ♪] >> they can say whatever they want. >> stephanie: they just report. you decide. >> yeah. >> stephanie: 46 minutes after the hour -- >> they report the lies -- >> stephan
does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 veterans? because if you are retired you are no longer covered. that means the early voting law which mitt romney wants to undo provided hundreds of thousands of more veterans to vote. so that would really be the story -- >> that shows that shannon breem is a liar. yeah. that story inflamed by the romney camp patently false. the president's campaign trying to keep expanded voting rights in place for everyone military...
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i've earned everything i've got. >> cenk: it is almost a carbon copy of mitt romney right now. all mitt has to do is say i am not a crook. oh really? show us! show us what's in your secret bermuda foreign-owned corporation that you own, mitt romney. look, i got an idea for you? you want to keep all of your money in bermuda run for the president of bermuda. all right. now when we come back, i'm going to agree with the republicans. there will be a lot of surprising things on the show going forward from here. they're going out for president obama's kill list. i actually agree with them. look at the guys we're killing. >> while initial reports describes him as a 20 something militant with al-qaeda, he was 16 years old and there's no public evidence he was a member of the al-qaeda network in yemen. >> cenk: we'll talk about that substantive issue and talk about rafalca, the dressage horse that the romneys own. how out of touch are you? his name is rafalca. rafalca. it is absurd! all right. we're going to discuss that later in the show as well. >>(narrator) the sheriff of wall street
i've earned everything i've got. >> cenk: it is almost a carbon copy of mitt romney right now. all mitt has to do is say i am not a crook. oh really? show us! show us what's in your secret bermuda foreign-owned corporation that you own, mitt romney. look, i got an idea for you? you want to keep all of your money in bermuda run for the president of bermuda. all right. now when we come back, i'm going to agree with the republicans. there will be a lot of surprising things on the show going...
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mitt romney travels distant from the people who worked in the factories. >> right. there is nothing between those two groups of people any more. there is no feeling of financial responsibility any more. >> eliot: matt taibi bi thank you for being here. >> eliot: viewfinder up next. [ ♪ music ♪ ] blame japan coming up, if you think wall street is just one big casino you're right and the house always wins. but first the funniest moments from the g.o.p. convention, including the good the bad and the crazes. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> i think it's very important for everyone to watch as much of both conventions as possible to make their decisions. i didn't watch it. >> mitt romney was not handed success. he built it. [ singing ] >> back in the corporations of people's republic of tampa. >> give credit to barack obama for creating jobs, for golf caddies. >> he has not been working to earn re-election. he has been working to earn a spot on the pga tour. >> our problem with president obama is that he's a bad person. by all accoun
mitt romney travels distant from the people who worked in the factories. >> right. there is nothing between those two groups of people any more. there is no feeling of financial responsibility any more. >> eliot: matt taibi bi thank you for being here. >> eliot: viewfinder up next. [ ♪ music ♪ ] blame japan coming up, if you think wall street is just one big casino you're right and the house always wins. but first the funniest moments from the g.o.p. convention, including...
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mitt romney can learn a thing or two about that. he turned it right around. in reality, of course, he's exactly right. being capitalist, exports jobs abroad bragging about it. now we've got an old tape found from 1985 where he's talking about what bain is really about. check this out and see what he says. >> bain capital is an investmentner ship formed to invest in startup companies and ongoing companies then to take an active hand in managing them and five or eight years later to harvest them as a significant profit. >> did you get that last past? to home run rest them as a significant profit. we get it you're in the business of making a significant profit, but that word harvest is really interesting. right from the beginning they thought who gives a damn about these companies or employees? our point is to harvest them so that we can make a significant profit. now he's trying to run on the idea of oh, i was a job creator my whole point at bain capital was to create jobs. no it wasn't, it was to harvest. what did he do with the proceeds of his harvesting? avo
mitt romney can learn a thing or two about that. he turned it right around. in reality, of course, he's exactly right. being capitalist, exports jobs abroad bragging about it. now we've got an old tape found from 1985 where he's talking about what bain is really about. check this out and see what he says. >> bain capital is an investmentner ship formed to invest in startup companies and ongoing companies then to take an active hand in managing them and five or eight years later to harvest...
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is mitt romney right or wrong? >> i can see the argument in 2008 when the government was blind-sided by all the problems that happen and all these companies were in trouble, lehman brothers and citigroup and goldman sachs and bear stearns, i can almost see the rationale of saving these companies temporarily. not only did they not go in and fire all the people responsible for this fraud, they continued to support the company for years after it was back on their feet. that's the most inexcusable part. they kept supporting it with billions and billions of dollars of low interest loans after that and that's the real problem. >> so basically, there were no strings attached, and you know i think a lot of people look at that and from a simplistic point of view. they are all outstanding citizens making these contracts because they're geniuses. tell the people watching at home why you think bank of america among the others actually does fraud, things that are criminal and is not normal business that they should be rewarded
is mitt romney right or wrong? >> i can see the argument in 2008 when the government was blind-sided by all the problems that happen and all these companies were in trouble, lehman brothers and citigroup and goldman sachs and bear stearns, i can almost see the rationale of saving these companies temporarily. not only did they not go in and fire all the people responsible for this fraud, they continued to support the company for years after it was back on their feet. that's the most...
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whatever he thinks, he attributes to the democrats. >> right. >> cenk: i think they're saying that romney might be done. >> this echos not exactly what he was saying about mccain four years ago as well. there was a time when people wanted to jump ship. i think people are disappointed what they're getting here. they thought, and the romney people thought they were going to turn this into a carter moment for president obama. what he has done is turned it into a ray gran reagan moment after beirut. this is unbelievable. >> cenk: the sense i get those republicans and conservative talk shows saying it's not conservatives fault we're losing. it's that damn mitt romney. it's all his fault. if romney has gotten to that point two months before the election he's hurt, dog. he's in a lot of trouble. thank you, michael. when we come back we'll tell you about the people behind the movie that started this mess in the first place. >> you are not wearing under garments. >> oh. >> cover yourself. >> sorry. >> cenk: that's a crazy movie. who actually produced it, and what for? did they want the kind of rea
whatever he thinks, he attributes to the democrats. >> right. >> cenk: i think they're saying that romney might be done. >> this echos not exactly what he was saying about mccain four years ago as well. there was a time when people wanted to jump ship. i think people are disappointed what they're getting here. they thought, and the romney people thought they were going to turn this into a carter moment for president obama. what he has done is turned it into a ray gran reagan...
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i think romney is coming in to late. >> i think you're right but i think we can be both be right. to be allowing them be framing you, that doesn't happen to the republicans. >> cenk: that what i've been talking about the whole show. the democrats are on the attack, and now romney and the republicans are yelling at him to get in the fight. >> i think what he's doing to get in the fight right now first of all they'll say to president obama, they're going to start calling him a liar. they said they're going to start doing that. they're going to take the bain ads that have been so devastating to the governor and to romney and say, president obama is the liar. they're going to use the word "lie" over and over again and that will help to frame his opponent. >> cenk: i call romney a liar all the time. there's good reason. he's a liar. but there are two distinctions. number one, i explain why i say that. he says i care about the deficit and president obama said, if you care about the deficit why would you do 1 trillion-dollar tax cut for the rich? that's why he's lying about that. now the
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and right now according to a pew poll just released obama among white males is trailing romney 60% to 34%. it's obvious these are deep-seeded fears being expressed in the polling numbers. and this amazing new biography about the president it tells an incredible story and deals with these racial issues. there is a long chapter about obama's white girlfriend in his 20s and how he dealt with it back then. >> yeah, those are all great points. i'm really glad we're having this discussion, too, on "the young turks." we're not hearing--it was on the front page of the "new york times," but we're continuing the conversation. i like that we're doing that. when we come back i do have our power panel. we'll break down the jobs report, and i want to know if the republicans are happy that the jobs are not coming back as quickly as the democrats had hoped. >> we seem to be slowing down, not speeding up. this is not progress. this is very, very disappointing, and a lot of american people are having very hard times. this is not good news this morning. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, join
and right now according to a pew poll just released obama among white males is trailing romney 60% to 34%. it's obvious these are deep-seeded fears being expressed in the polling numbers. and this amazing new biography about the president it tells an incredible story and deals with these racial issues. there is a long chapter about obama's white girlfriend in his 20s and how he dealt with it back then. >> yeah, those are all great points. i'm really glad we're having this discussion, too,...
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or is it pro romney right now? >> it's pro romney right now. if gingrich or santorum dropped out, there is no way all of the support would go to the other candidate. some of the republicans are just unhappy with all of the candidates. there were two things republican primary voters really disliked. one is the president's healthcare plan two are the bailouts from the fall of 2008. romney and gingrich have both supported parts of the healthcare plan and partings of the bailouts. >> you talk in the book about how often washington, they come to conclusions that the american people don't agree with at all, the bailout is an example. you are considered conservative and i'm considered progressive, and yet we totally agree on the bailouts. >> it is even worse than the fact it happened. it happened despite the fact that voters are overwhelmingly against it. the reason it hand there is a political class that is much more comfortable bailing out their friends than listening to voters. this is a problem that has been growing in the nation for a long time.
or is it pro romney right now? >> it's pro romney right now. if gingrich or santorum dropped out, there is no way all of the support would go to the other candidate. some of the republicans are just unhappy with all of the candidates. there were two things republican primary voters really disliked. one is the president's healthcare plan two are the bailouts from the fall of 2008. romney and gingrich have both supported parts of the healthcare plan and partings of the bailouts. >>...
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so which side is right? is romney right or mitt right? >> well i loved newt chronicling the rest of the day as president. but he hasn't gone the campaign figured out. you look at super-tuesday, gingrich may be able to rack up some delegates. but mitt romney has restored though luster of his inevitable mantel. if gingrich continues perking along will be buried the a barrage of negative advertising. the florida republicans didn't seem to mind all of the negative advertising. >> it is interesting, because -- we'll talk about the money later, and myth has more money, et cetera right? >> right. but newt has decided he is going to a different tactic. basically saying it is us versus them. let me play the clip for you guys. >> i am running, our children and son and laws joined us in this decision, because we believe it is cheating our grandchildren to not insist on fundamental basic change in washington even if the establishment doesn't like it. >> in this speech over and over tonight gingrich talked about how he was the anti-establishment candi
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. >> cenk: all right, thank you for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thanks, chenk. >> cenk: when we come back, president obama and mitt romney had a lunch. there's a secret recording of that lunch, kind of. >> president obama makes good on an election night promise meeting with mitt romney. that this is their first face-to-face meeting sings their bruising campaign. >> the elbow of the day is on a shiny bald republican head. i think you'll like it. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> cenk: president obama met with mitt romney today for lunch. our political correspondent michael shure is here to tell us all about it. >> on the one hand, a warming comforting thing about american politics is the loser comes and meets with the president or whoever it was that beat them. they have a meeting at the white house. mitt romney arrived through a back door, pictured going inside. that's through the basement of the white house. i couldn't make this stuff up. then of course this is the official picture, the white house released, there's an official pictur
. >> cenk: all right, thank you for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thanks, chenk. >> cenk: when we come back, president obama and mitt romney had a lunch. there's a secret recording of that lunch, kind of. >> president obama makes good on an election night promise meeting with mitt romney. that this is their first face-to-face meeting sings their bruising campaign. >> the elbow of the day is on a shiny bald republican head. i think you'll like it. [ ♪ theme...
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apparently george carlin lost two words off his list. >> john: all right, so how do you see the obama-romney race playing out? are you looking forward to seeing who romney picks for vice president, do you think the governor has a chance at beating the president? where do you stand? >> i think it's going to be close, but i think obama is going to over the next few weeks as he has done with gay marriage and immaterial gauges, he will have these other surprises to ignite his base. i can't wait for a black surprise. say something about black people, obama, please, jesus please black jesus say something about black people. we would like to hear our name sometimes. just obama say black people, okay we'll vote again, barack obama. we'll vote again. no republican can't to be want to be local rahm anys running may. he may have have to pick obama. >> john: thank you so much for joining us. and after the break, we are going to wrap things up with my own thoughts on mitt romney's immigration stance something that hits close to moment for me. you are watching "the war room" and it's only on currents tv.
apparently george carlin lost two words off his list. >> john: all right, so how do you see the obama-romney race playing out? are you looking forward to seeing who romney picks for vice president, do you think the governor has a chance at beating the president? where do you stand? >> i think it's going to be close, but i think obama is going to over the next few weeks as he has done with gay marriage and immaterial gauges, he will have these other surprises to ignite his base. i...
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here is mitt romney. >> all right, there are 47% who are with him who are dependent on government, who believe that they are victims. >> it's a message which i'm going to carry and continue to carry which is look the president's approach is attractive to people who are not paying taxes. >> michael: jayar? >> this has been done. continues to talk about all the things that he did to hurt himself, and then watched everybody implode around him and see where he is. we didn't like him before the election, and and now things change and we get to see everything about him afterward. >> michael: and he does seem like a turkey, doesn't he, brett. >> the things about these turkeys, they die within a year because they were bred for thanksgiving. i'm not going to say that mitt romney is going to die but mitt romney was bred for running for president. after wards what emergency is there but to give him a little slack and let him live out his life at mt. vernon. >> and sending these turkeys to mt. vernon, so i don't know if we want to give him that. >> i don't eat meat. i'll vote for the turkeys. we'r
here is mitt romney. >> all right, there are 47% who are with him who are dependent on government, who believe that they are victims. >> it's a message which i'm going to carry and continue to carry which is look the president's approach is attractive to people who are not paying taxes. >> michael: jayar? >> this has been done. continues to talk about all the things that he did to hurt himself, and then watched everybody implode around him and see where he is. we didn't...
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and cha secret weapon is speaking right now in tulsa oklahoma. >> romney: hello, i'm mitt romney, and i understand the hardships facing ordinary americans. for example this summer, one of my horses failed to medal. i know hardship. >> joining me now is max rice. he voted for president obama. >> hello ms. usa, it's an honor honor. >> ms. america. >> why are you supporting mitt romney. >> it's a funny story. i lost a basketball game. >> how are you doing there pal pally. you know what he's saying emc squared get that camera off my face. i'll take this cantaloupe-- >> big three-game ceremony in your honor. the one thing i want to ask you was there ever any doubt in your mind that you were not going to get the nod for this position? >> let's check in on paul ryan. >> i said i could do 100 situps in five seconds. what i meant was i could do five sit ups eventually. >> the extent to which he has been apologizing for america he has abandoned some of our key ails poland, czechoslovakia. >> i want to give a huge round of applause to jennifer granholm granholm. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> obama time.
and cha secret weapon is speaking right now in tulsa oklahoma. >> romney: hello, i'm mitt romney, and i understand the hardships facing ordinary americans. for example this summer, one of my horses failed to medal. i know hardship. >> joining me now is max rice. he voted for president obama. >> hello ms. usa, it's an honor honor. >> ms. america. >> why are you supporting mitt romney. >> it's a funny story. i lost a basketball game. >> how are you doing...
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we're on our own with romney has his way. he's against safety nets. if you fall, tough luck. i strongly suggest that you wake the [bleep] up. >> all right now look, this message is direct to a lot of folks, but specifically, they of course want to reach african-american latinos and minority groups because it made such a difference in the 2008 campaign. 2 million more black voters voted in 2008 than 2004 and 2 million more latino voters voted in 2008. it's important for them to get back out. in terms of younger voters, 18-29 year olds, enthusiasm makes a big difference. in 2008, 79% definitely planned to vote. now this career, only 63% definitely plan to vote. and so, what happens if you don't go out to vote? well everybody remembers 2000, don't they? >> stand by, stand by, cnn right now is moving our earlier declaration of florida back to the too close to call column. >> what a night that was. and what a nightmare it wound up being for the country when that was made in the wrong way. and of course, it led to this moment. >> while i strongly disagree with the court's decision,
we're on our own with romney has his way. he's against safety nets. if you fall, tough luck. i strongly suggest that you wake the [bleep] up. >> all right now look, this message is direct to a lot of folks, but specifically, they of course want to reach african-american latinos and minority groups because it made such a difference in the 2008 campaign. 2 million more black voters voted in 2008 than 2004 and 2 million more latino voters voted in 2008. it's important for them to get back...
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but we don't know because romney won't tell us. >> jennifer: all right. what you're suggesting though is that because he did release these tax returns to somebody, i.e. the mccain crowd that somehow, some copy got into the obama team's hands and they really know and that's why they're pushing this? >> there are all sorts of possibilities, something could get out. i once had somebody give me donald trump's net worth to make sure he had a negative net worth. documents once they exist can get all sorts of places. it would be very risk risky for the obama campaign to be saying this if they don't know something about this. and that doesn't mean that romney has done anything improper. there's nothing wrong with romney's cayman island accounts as i've explained. it has to do with american tax law and foreign investors but romney has clearly made a political calculation. releasing these returns is a greater danger than having all of these people, including the 16 republicans saying release the returns so there's gotta be something there that bothers him. it is no
but we don't know because romney won't tell us. >> jennifer: all right. what you're suggesting though is that because he did release these tax returns to somebody, i.e. the mccain crowd that somehow, some copy got into the obama team's hands and they really know and that's why they're pushing this? >> there are all sorts of possibilities, something could get out. i once had somebody give me donald trump's net worth to make sure he had a negative net worth. documents once they exist...
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mitt romney is not a progressive, you're right. who cares. >> i'd repeal dodd frank. we're not going to get rid of all regulation. you have to have regulation. >> cenk: unfortunately, it worked. we'll tell you the results and we'll tell you how it worked on the show. then did president obama take it easy on romney because fox news has been charging him with being an angry black man because of this old clip. >> what is happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your money? it tells me that some how people in new orleans, they don't care about it as much. >> cenk: that is a really interesting debate. we'll have that on the show. and then toby zeigler from the "west wing"." >> it's not rocket science, it's labeled, but it takes a voter extra ten seconds to find it. >> cenk: how he would have done last night. all that and the elbow of the day. well somebody elbowed themselves. you might have been able to guess it. that's all on "the young turks." guess what time is it? you know it. you guessed that too. it's go time. >> romney: i will not under any circ
mitt romney is not a progressive, you're right. who cares. >> i'd repeal dodd frank. we're not going to get rid of all regulation. you have to have regulation. >> cenk: unfortunately, it worked. we'll tell you the results and we'll tell you how it worked on the show. then did president obama take it easy on romney because fox news has been charging him with being an angry black man because of this old clip. >> what is happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where...
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mitt romney wants it to be a referendum barack obama wants it to be a choice. >> eliot: all right. who will have a chance to ask questions? are they really undecided? and how can you be undecided after years of this campaign going on. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: who are you. >> eliot: with us. bringing jobs home now. (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents special event coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> now that's politially direct. >>start the night with a special live edition of "talking liberally with stephanie miller" at 7 eastern. only on current tv. >> jennifer: welcome back to current tv's continuing coverage of these fantastic presidential debates. tonight we're going to david shuster who is on the ground and give us a feel for how these people are selected who will be in the townhall and how the questions are selected. can you give us a feel
mitt romney wants it to be a referendum barack obama wants it to be a choice. >> eliot: all right. who will have a chance to ask questions? are they really undecided? and how can you be undecided after years of this campaign going on. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: who are you. >> eliot: with us. bringing jobs home now. (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents special event coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary....
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but it's the right one. i like mitt romney but i'm sorry. they guy has flipped more than a crack house mattress. (vo) so we gave him a weekly show. >> thank you. >> eliot: with three days to go in what has been a year-long marathon, president obama and mitt romney are running on vapors and adrenaline. hopscotching across the country in an effort to be both omnipresence and passionate, desperate to make a closing pitch that will persuade the american public. romney was in wisconsin today with his final plea to voters which was the same as it was on day one. i am for business. >> every entrepreneur, every small business person. every job creator will know that for the first time in four years the government of the united states likes business and loves the jobs and higher wages businesses can bring. [ cheering ] >> eliot: president obama in ohio in his clogging argument paints himself as son who will do whatever it takes for the american people. >> obama: we've made real progress but we are here today because we know we've got more work to do.
but it's the right one. i like mitt romney but i'm sorry. they guy has flipped more than a crack house mattress. (vo) so we gave him a weekly show. >> thank you. >> eliot: with three days to go in what has been a year-long marathon, president obama and mitt romney are running on vapors and adrenaline. hopscotching across the country in an effort to be both omnipresence and passionate, desperate to make a closing pitch that will persuade the american public. romney was in wisconsin...
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right at mitt romney. tell us what you really think about this. >> well, first of all, it is probably the case that people he is denigrating in such a dismissive fashion pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than he does. we don't know that because he's refusing to reveal it but you know, i'm still struck by ann romney having said that oh, if we were to release mitt's returns or our returns, it would give the other side ammunition. that's about as damming an admission as you can get. there are people who work, every penny of their income is subject to the payroll tax. and that may very well be a higher effective rate than romney pays with his shelters. and the other point that strikes me is this. it is a very hard conception -- not a hard one. a scary one. apparently to him, people don't have views on public policy. they don't have emotional feelings. they don't have concern for others. in his mind, it is pure economic determinism. people are apparently reduced to being sleighs of where their mo
right at mitt romney. tell us what you really think about this. >> well, first of all, it is probably the case that people he is denigrating in such a dismissive fashion pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than he does. we don't know that because he's refusing to reveal it but you know, i'm still struck by ann romney having said that oh, if we were to release mitt's returns or our returns, it would give the other side ammunition. that's about as damming an admission as you...
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so romney is part owner here, right? so maybe he can do something about it. or at least is an investor in the company. well, i hear from mitt romney that bigod the most -- by god the most important thing to him is american jobs. >> what i'm going to do is focus my attention on getting americans back to work. >> it is a tragedy when people are out of work for a long period of time. my job is to get americans back to work. if i'm president of the united states, i will work to bring back your jobs. >> cenk: i'm going to bring jobs back to america except the 170 guys i'm about to get fired. >> he's got between $18 and $60 million in bain. i thought this was a blind trust. what is blind about it? it is a seeing dog trust. he knows where it is and it is going to fire these guys. by the way when asked about it, of course, the spokesperson for their campaign, amanda said governor romney is not familiar with this issue and has not been involved in the management of bain since 1999. now, of course, he makes millions of dollars off of it. but there's nothing i can do. i
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i think it will be interesting to see if michael is right and if it does become a big issue or if they have made the judgment that this is not a winning issue anymore. and people aren't motivated to vote on this issue. and it's really a striking thing if that's the case because just as recently as 2004 people like karl rove were going around the country, planting ballot initiatives just to turn out their base on this very issue of same-sex marriage. so we have seen the muted response of the first couple of days. whether or not it changes, i think it is an open and good question. >> judd thanks a lot for being on "the young turks" today. coming up we have the help. the real story behind domestic workers in our country. and brave new ad campaigns to i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go talk to 'em? just walk right in and talk to 'em. dude those guys are pro
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she said i think employment is really important right now, so as of now, mitt romney. can you or president obama do anything to persuade lindsay lohan to get some sense? >> well, i -- i think that it's always helpful when someone like lindsay lohan comes out and endorses you. i think that president obama probably is actually maybe wiping his brow going thank got she went with romney. what am i going to do with the lindsay lohan endorsement. >> jennifer: exactly. thank you so much for coming inside "the war room." comedienne and author lizz winstead. and kid rock and (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >>now that's politically direct. >>> you want to work with the congress on how best to achieve this. that means -- >> no specifics, again? >> we're saying lower tax rates 20%, start with the wealth
she said i think employment is really important right now, so as of now, mitt romney. can you or president obama do anything to persuade lindsay lohan to get some sense? >> well, i -- i think that it's always helpful when someone like lindsay lohan comes out and endorses you. i think that president obama probably is actually maybe wiping his brow going thank got she went with romney. what am i going to do with the lindsay lohan endorsement. >> jennifer: exactly. thank you so much...
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tried to say the right things in nevada today about foreclosure. i'm going to read the quote he said. this is the quote he said last october. so he has brought back -- today he says he is going to help them but he said don't try to stop the foreclosure process, let it hit bottom. this is after john boehner says none of these efforts have worked, all it does is delay the clearing of the market which, of course again is this economic darwinism that creates this problem. >> it reflects the degree to which 40 years worth of the market reigned supreme. continues even in the face of what we know which is that a market unregulated, unfettered is the reason we have the prices that we have and that we're still having trouble getting it out of it. because there are plenty of borrowers who have tried to renegotiate with their banks. and their banks invest that that mortgage amount still has to be honored. so they would rather foreclose, have homes abandoned, ruining property values for the rest of the folks who are desperately trying to hold on to their homes
tried to say the right things in nevada today about foreclosure. i'm going to read the quote he said. this is the quote he said last october. so he has brought back -- today he says he is going to help them but he said don't try to stop the foreclosure process, let it hit bottom. this is after john boehner says none of these efforts have worked, all it does is delay the clearing of the market which, of course again is this economic darwinism that creates this problem. >> it reflects the...
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, romney is on the record supporting the right of gays to adopt. that was one of the curiosities in massachusetts, because they said wait a second they already have the kids and social science say kids are better off in a household with two parents, so why wouldn't you allow this person to formalize their relationship with their loved one. >> all right. last question, because we have to run on this quickly. do you both think that gay marriage will be a key issue through november? >> frankly i don't think it will be. i think that neither candidate really wants to talk about it extensively. it excites the democratic base for the president, but mitt romney doesn't want to get -- you know, get into this kind of social battle with the president. so i think both of them for different reasons may not want to talk about it. it depends on whether or not some other domestic issue props up. >> this afternoon mitt romney was asked about this and said no, we don't want to talk about those social issues we want to talk about the economy. >> they didn't allow him
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mitt romney will be bragging that he stood up for gay rights 30 years from now. >> eliot: he's going to forget, he'll forget that he ran for president. he's only going to remember what he did when he was governor. that's a better story for him. >> i hope so, because that group is whiting than a kabuki empire. >> eliot: it is amazingly insensitive and politically dumb. switching gears, mitt romney. he had a good lunch date. >> but what a tragedy that was election day was for comedians. election day took away a lot of mitt romney jokes. i was glad to see it. your joke on white turkey. you know what, it was turkey white chilly, that means he had leverovers. but at least obama did not serve him crow. >> eliot: who knows, nobody knows if it was turkey or crew. >> this is when mitt romney got free stuff that we paid for is. >> eliot: what do you make of the lunch? >> i thought it was a great opportunity for both men to look really good and they blew it. they could have agreed on something that would have made the two of them look great. it more than barack obama at this point. nothing happ
mitt romney will be bragging that he stood up for gay rights 30 years from now. >> eliot: he's going to forget, he'll forget that he ran for president. he's only going to remember what he did when he was governor. that's a better story for him. >> i hope so, because that group is whiting than a kabuki empire. >> eliot: it is amazingly insensitive and politically dumb. switching gears, mitt romney. he had a good lunch date. >> but what a tragedy that was election day was...
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and mitt romney really doesn't have much room to move on the right on that issue. so to have a prominent republican come out, make these statements on immigration. he could move a little to the center without looking like he's moving to the left. that might be something that jeb bush is doing for him. >> eliot: whether or not jeb is thinking about 2016, we don't need to be that cynical. we have enough cynicism in our politics. i don't need to add to it. but it's something that he has done that is traditional in the bush family. his brother did find a path on immigration, not successful but he did try. as his father did. perhaps this is something in the bush family to create a wiggle room and central to the likelihood of republican victory. let me go to the past of what the republican party was like. richard nixon, an essentially conservative president he permitted the state to hire teachers, cops, and firefighters. would that notion be supported today? >> it's very hard to think that that could be a tenable view in the republican party. there are governs in souther
and mitt romney really doesn't have much room to move on the right on that issue. so to have a prominent republican come out, make these statements on immigration. he could move a little to the center without looking like he's moving to the left. that might be something that jeb bush is doing for him. >> eliot: whether or not jeb is thinking about 2016, we don't need to be that cynical. we have enough cynicism in our politics. i don't need to add to it. but it's something that he has done...